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if, t i tin-mil 'i tant www @way @tutti @time www VALENTINE 4 DOANE, JR., OF HARWICII PORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

I Letters Patent No. 83,048,1dated October 13, 1868. l

INIPROVED FISH-BATT CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Let-ters Patent and making of the same.

To all whom it may conce/m Be it known that I, VALENTINE Donne, J r., of Harwich Port, in the county of Barnstable, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Mills for Cutting Fish-Bait; vand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of' the'same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of my bait-mill with the cover removed, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of said mill.

The obj ect of my invention is toprovide means for fishermen, by which lish-bait can be cut into suitable pieces with greater dispatch and certainty than by any means heretofore known or used.

It is well known that men who sh for mackerel are obliged, in order to insure success, to prepare, and cast upon the surface of the water, bait 'cut or ground into pieces adapted to the swallowing-capacities of those sh. The-bait commonly used is fish of the alewife or menhaden species. The bait thus cast upon the water attracts schools of mackerel, and enables the fishermen to secure them in large quantities.

The letter A of the drawings is a representation of a cylinder, adjusted, by suitable `gudgeons, in bearings set in the side of the mill-box. Letters o are strips of iron or iron plates, placed longitudinally in the periphery of the cylinder. Letters B are sharp knives attached'to the plates o, in the manner represented. Y

Inside the mill-box, and extending downward in va diagonal-direction', in the manner shown, is the plank 0. LetterD is a block, adj usted in the manner shown, and letter E a hinged bottom, secured by a catcher button, d. This plank, block, and bottom, togetherA with the ont side of the mill-box, form an inner box in which the cylinder revolves. v

`On the side of block D, and in a plate, f, adjusted therein, as shown, I adjust a series of knives corresponding in size and shapewith the knives on cylinder A, and 'arrange them in such manner that said cylinder-knives shall pass through the interstices thereof. I usually place twice the number of knives on the plate that I attach to the cylinder. This method of adjustment is shown on iig. 2.

Inside the front side of the mill-box, and immediately opposite the plate f, I afx another plate and series of knives, corresponding in all respects to plate f, and the knives thereon. This last-named plate is marked h on the drawings.

Letter H is a crank by which the cylinder A is actuated, and letter K is a cover.

My device is operatedas follows, to wit:

The operator places the bait to be cut in vthe box, over cylinder A, and, after closing the cover, turns theA crank around and around until the same is cut to his satisfaction. He then releases the bottom from its fastening d, and the bait falls into a vessel ready for use.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

A mill for cutting fish-bait, having cylinder A, plates f and h, and the series of knives connected therewith, as described and shown; plank C, block D, bottom E, and cover K, constructed and arranged substantially as speciiied. t v

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in 'thpresence of two witnesses. v .y Witnesses: -VALEN T Enos R. KELLEY, THOMAS W. TAYLOR.

"LDOANE, Je. 

